Thanks to Jim Holland

[Bob Rathke]

I drove by it last year, and the building was still there at that time.  Try to go
inside and see what it looks like.  If it looks good, buy yourself a beer there
(unless it's a drycleaners by now).

Bob 2/21


Derrick J Brashear wrote:

> On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Bob Rathke wrote:
>
> > Derrick,
> >
> > Are you referring to the trolley used as a commercial building along Rt. 8 in
> > Allison Park?
>
> Yes.
>
> > I don't remember this trolley being used as a diner, but it could have been a
> > diner before 1961 which was the first time that I visited it. Its trolley
> > ancestry was clearly visible then, and  you could still see parts of the
> > trolley structure.  Over the years, that building has been expanded and
> > remodeled, and when I re-visited it a few years ago, it was being used as a
> > beer distributorship, and seemed to have lost all traces of being a rail car.
> > It's on the east side of route 8, near the bottom of the northbound grade that
> > starts in Allison Park.  North of this location, the road climbs up toward
> > Wildwood Road.
>
> I think I know where you mean. If I get some time I'll grab a few
> snapshots and stick them online.
>
> > There was also supposed to be a trolley used as a diner on old Route 19 on the
> > north side of Zelienople.  Back in 1960, a PERC member told me that he got the
> > route sign from this trolley, but I never saw it.  I vaguely remember the
> > diner from the late 1950's, but didn't associate it with a trolley.
>
> I'd assume it's gone, but it's been a while since I've been out there.
>
> Cursed lack of free time!
>
> -D